God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'
Billy GrahamRead
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
Interpretation
Disrespect towards parents leads to a lack of respect for others.
This quote by Billy Graham emphasizes the importance of teaching children respect within the family unit. When children are allowed to show disrespect to their parents, it sets a precedent that can extend into their interactions with others, resulting in a broader lack of respect in relationships throughout their lives.
In practice
In a parenting seminar discussing the importance of respect.
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Don't ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn't want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.
God will not force himself upon us against our will. If we want his love, we need to believe in him. We need to make a definite, positive act of commitment and surrender to the love of God. No one can do it for us.
Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.
Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.
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In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.
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Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don't think you can make your kids' dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.
After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.
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